Lt. Gen. Joe Weber, Texas A&M vice president for Student Affairs,

will leave his position this month to join the Texas Department of Trans-portation as executive director.

The move was announced Friday by TxDOT in a news release that stat-ed Weber would take the position on or about April 23.

“Over the past six years [the staff of the division of Student Affairs] have been a significant highlight in both my life and the lives of my family,” Weber said in a statement to the staff of the Division of Student Affairs. “I depart with comfort and confidence in know-ing that the student body of Texas A&M remains in good hands and that its future accomplishments will be im-measurable.”

The announcement came after Gov. Rick Perry, a former classmate of We-ber’s at Texas A&M, asked TxDOT to consider Weber for the position.

Lucy Nashed, spokeswoman for the governor’s office, said Weber has a “long and distinguished record of leadership.”

“[Weber] has commanded large or-ganizations, managed huge logistical challenges and directed thousands of people,” Nashed said. “The discipline and focus he will bring to TxDOT will be good for the agency, and most im-portantly, the people of Texas.”

Interim University President Mark Hussey said in a memo Friday that he knew Weber would bring a commit-ment to excellence and service to his new position with TxDOT.

“I am appreciative of the service that General Joe Weber, vice presi-dent for Student Affairs, has provided Texas A&M University over the past several years,” Hussey said. “I also plan to initiate a national search in the com-ing weeks to find a permanent replace-ment for this important position.”

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The formerly named Texas A&M University School of Rural Public

Health removed the “rural” part of its name on Friday in an effort to reduce the limitations on employment oppor-tunities that several of its graduates said occurred because of the title.

The altered school name went into effect to coincide with the start of Na-tional Public Health Week.

Jim Burdine, interim dean of the school of public health, said one of the main reasons for the change was to help students who were having problems after graduation with find-ing jobs in urban areas. He said it is a kind of rebranding to show their school doesn’t just deal in rural health.

“Some of our students were telling us that when they went out for job interviews they were at a disadvantage because they always had to explain why their degrees were from a school of rural public health,” Burdine said. “They had to explain that their degree didn’t mean that they had only been trained to work in rural counties but that they had been trained to work in any kind of environment, including urban areas.”

Kristina Beaugh, graduate student and president of the Rural Public Health Student Association, said the association will also change its name. Beaugh said the change will be ben-eficial to students because it will help graduates of the school find more ver-satile options after graduation.

“I definitely see it as something that will impact our career search in the fu-ture after we graduate,” Beaugh said.

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THE BUSH LEGACYRedshirt freshman wide receiver

Ricky Seals-Jones was arrested on Northgate early Sunday morning.

According to KBTX, Seals-Jones was arrested around 2:30 a.m. on charges of disorderly conduct.

“According to police, Seals-Jones was being ‘carried away by his friends’ as the bars were closing in the 100 block of College Main,” the KBTX story stated. “An officer says he saw someone bump into Seals-Jones, which led the wideout to reportedly start exchanging words with the person.”

Associate athletic director for media relations Alan Cannon said, “A&M of-ficials have been made aware and are looking into the incident.”

Seals-Jones’ attorney Cameron Reynolds said in a press release that the receiver will fight the charges.

“[Seals-Jones] had nothing to drink and was at home when a friend called him to come to Northgate to give him a ride home,” Reynolds said in the re-lease. “Ricky went to Northgate to help his friend toward the car when someone struck him. When Ricky turned toward him the person cursed him and called Ricky the ‘N’ word. Words were ex-changed and Ricky was arrested. The other individual was not arrested.”

Seals-Jones posted to his Twitter ac-count at 6:30 p.m. Sunday: “Drag my name threw the dirt…more motivation to the seals-jones family.”

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thebatt.comSoftball loses series to KentuckyThe No. 18 Texas A&M softball team dropped two of three games in its fifth SEC series of the year. After stealing the first game of the series, the Aggies dropped the next two games to the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats in Lexington.

Track nets 10 wins at Stanford InvitationalThe A&M track and field team totaled 10 victories and set two meet records at the Stanford Invitational on Friday and Saturday. The Aggies claimed four victories on the track while adding six more titles in field events.

insideopinion | 3Recipe for Chilifest survivalVictoria Rivas explains her Chilifest experience and gives advice on how a future attendee can survive the weekend.

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This statue in the likeness of President George H. W. Bush was unveiled Saturday at the Bush School as part of a comemmoration of the president’s time in office.

Government officials, public figures and friends of the Bush

family gathered this weekend at the George Bush Presidential Library to celebrate the legacy of the 41st president of the U.S.

The weekend’s events com-memorated the 25th anniver-sary of the 1989 inauguration of George H. W. Bush and included eight panel discus-sions, the unveiling of a statue in Bush’s likeness at the Bush School and a sneak peak at a documentary on the Bush Ad-

ministration. Speakers and topics varied

throughout the celebration, but the theme conveyed by the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation was clear: Bush sacrificed short term pop-ularity in favor of the country’s long term benefit.

At the “Lunch and Histo-rian Book Report” panel, Jon Meacham, presidential histo-rian and contributing editor at TIME magazine, said journal-ists contemporary to the Bush administration were often ane-mic to his presidency, despite the way he navigated through

national and international crises such as the peaceful ending of the Cold War.

“One of the things that his-tory can help fix in terms of what journalism sometimes misses is the current journalis-tic market tends to discount for success,” Meacham said. “You don’t get as much credit for what didn’t happen.”

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The School of Public Health, housed in the Texas A&M Health Science Center, removed “rural” from its name on Friday.

Actors, producers, directors and writers — amateur and pro-

fessional — gathered in Bryan and College Station Saturday and Sun-day to create a temporary mecca for aspiring filmmakers, the Texas Inde-pendent Film Festival.

The festival included screenings of short films, a feature film, inter-active panels, Q&A sessions and workshops for aspiring students and people interested in film.

Sophomore Jack Hansen, a mem-ber of the Aggie Screenwriting, Act-

ing and Movie Production Club and emcee for the festival, said most of the films were from the state of Texas, but some were from out of state. In years past there were con-test films from places as far as Israel, Hansen said.

A panel discussion was held Sat-urday afternoon with three film-makers of the documentary, “An American Journey.”

Open to questions from students and festivalgoers, the panel provided an opportunity for the filmmakers to share words of wisdom on making it in the film industry.

“Never give up” became the theme of most advice from the mouths of Paul Blackthorne, Cam-

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Producer Cameron Fletcher participates in a panel discussion regarding the documentary “This American Life.”

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eron Fletcher and Mister Basquali while on the panel.

Blackthorne, an actor and producer from the U.K., stressed the importance of growth through failure.

“Tell me something bad

about it,” Blackthorne said during the panel. “You need that feedback.”

Blackthorne, along with fellow producer Cameron Murphy, spent their time shelling out advice to aspir-ing filmmakers because they attribute part of their success to people in the business who took time to do the same.

“When you see examples of people that have done that, it can inspire people to go out and do it themselves,” Black-thorne said.

After attending a workshop held by professional animator Rodrigo Huerta on Sunday afternoon, a group of visual-ization students were enliv-ened by his appearance at the festival.

“He’s sort of a household legend in the visualization department,” said Cameron Coker. “We all sort of idolize him to an extent.”

Nicholas Harvey, freshman visualization major, spoke of Huerta and the weekend as a whole.

“I’ve definitely enjoyed my experience,” Harvey said. “It’s really cool to get to meet the actual content cre-ator of something that you’ve watched a lot.”

Harvey said he was happy with the festival and the efforts made to create such an educa-tional and inspiring weekend.

“The fact that they got these people down here is just really neat,” Harvey said.

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Even though Earth Day 2014 is not until April 22, Wolf Pen Creek

welcomed the 19th-annual Brazos Valley Earth Day on Saturday.

Community members of all ages wandered from one educational op-portunity to another where they learned about water and energy con-servation, recycling, rain water collec-tion, energy-efficient modes of trans-portation and other activities.

“Brazos Valley Earth Day is the largest environmental educational event here in this region,” said Amy Reed, executive director of Keep Bra-zos Beautiful. “You really have to go to Houston, Dallas or Austin to find one bigger than ours.”

Reed said the event was a collabora-tive effort of committee members that brought attention to the environmen-tal initiatives in the area. The event doubled as an opportunity for residents of the area to tangibly see where their tax dollars were going, Reed said.

Reed said Brazos Valley Earth Day opens the eyes of community mem-bers and students in the area by provid-ing a chance to learn about or become a part of local initiatives.

“It really allows them to become invested in that community that is so invested and supportive of them, and I think that is what brings that full circle for the student body here,” Reed said.

Among the vendors and organiza-tions set up throughout the park, Tex-as A&M’s Office of Sustainability was represented, encouraging people to engage in acts of water conservation.

Sydney Brunson, intern for the Of-fice of Sustainability, said the office’s goal at the event was to encourage people to be more conscious of the amount of water used.

Brunson said she is passionate about taking action and educating others on

and off campus to preserve the planet, and said after college she wants to go into the environmental field.

“It’s made my last semester here re-ally special and I’m getting to make a difference, which is really important to me,” Brunson said. “I get to talk to people and reach out — get to make people aware.”

A new addition to Brazos Valley Earth Day was a scholarship opportu-nity.

Candilyn McLean, member of the earth day planning committee and program manager for Brazos Valley Council of Governments, said the scholarship is targeted toward students in the community, high school or col-lege, who are passionate about the en-vironment and want to seek an envi-ronmental education. McLean said the goal was to raise $500 per scholarship through on-site T-shirt sales or later donations.

“This is the first year that we’ve done that and it’s wonderful that we can tie in helping to further the education of students, because as you look around, our event has mostly students who at-tended,” McLean said. “We have high school students, college-aged students here, so it’s just a remarkable thing.”

Ashley Merchant, junior marketing major, attended the event as a part of her recreation, parks and tourism sci-ences class and worked the “Tie-dye for Scholarships” table. She said it can be difficult for students to remember to be proactive because many people were not raised to be environmentally conscious.

“A lot of us just don’t think about it,” Merchant said. “I know when I grew up in my town, we didn’t do a lot of this. It wasn’t such a big push for this. We need to be able to start our own habits in doing this for our kids and future generations to come.”

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Sydney Brunson,

senior biology major, talks

to local residents

about water conservation.

“When you go to a rural area and they see your degree from the school of public health, they know that you know what you are talking about anyway, and if you go to an urban area like New York City, Houston or Dallas they will also understand that you know what you are talking about.”

Beaugh said she was initially wary of going to the school be-cause it had “rural” in the name. However, when she came to visit the campus and learned about the school, she changed her mind.

“I was not going to come to the school of rural public health because of that rural name and I knew that I didn’t want to work in a rural community, but upon coming to the school and visit-ing, I realized that they do a lot more than just rural public health, so I was convinced to come to the school,” Beaugh said.

Billie Castel, public health graduate student, said the name change should also positively af-fect recruitment to the school.

“It will be great for recruit-ment at our school,” Castel said. “People thinking about attending won’t just think that we only fo-cus on rural health. We will see an increase in enrollment because more will apply since they won’t feel obligated to do rural work.”

The first activity the School of Public Health will perform under its new name is a celebration of National Public Health week. Several events will be hosted throughout the week, including a blood drive, golf tournament and various lectures.

Beaugh said the week will help inform students about the role the school plays in College Station and abroad.

“It’s kind of creating an aware-ness of what we do as public health professionals and some of our events talk about prevention and health, but some talk about different career paths that students can take when they are in public health,” Beaugh said.

Burdine said Thursday’s dean lecture series will be the highlight of the week’s events and will cov-er chronic pain as a public health issue that affects many people and how the school can help solve this problem.

“Over a hundred million adult Americans suffer from chronic pain of one kind or another, far more than heart disease, stroke and cancer put together,” Bur-dine said. “We have never really acknowledged that as a major dis-eases or major issue for huge seg-ment of the population, so we’re trying to draw some attention to that and figure out ways of how our school can be part of the so-lution.”

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I feel fortunate and accom-plished to have made it out in one piece this weekend at Chil-ifest. I hope that the tale I tell can serve future generations of Aggies as a testament and example of surviving one of the most trying events of one’s collegiate career.

The only way to explain this event is the one time of the school year to be utterly and wildly carefree with some of my closest friends, with a stellar band lineup. That’s what keeps me coming, year after year — fun,

friends and great music. I’ve had my share of miscon-

ceptions concerning Chilifest. The first was my senior year of high school, the day before my first Chilifest.

I pictured a quaint little con-cert in the park, with fresh-faced students giving their best go at a chili recipe, perhaps a secret fam-ily recipe passed down from gen-eration to generation. I’d go from tent to tent and perhaps converse about the lovely weather that

day or even talk with one of the chili-cooks about school.

My first bit of ad-vice to any first-time Chilifestgoer would be to throw any bit of an idealistic, utopia-inspired conception out the window, bear down and pre-pare for rougher weather. First and foremost, in my past three years of attending Chilifest I have seen but one single empty pot crusted over with what I as-sume was once chili. Secondly, while you may see classmates at the event, they are probably in no mood nor mental state to talk about anything scholasti-

cally related. The first year I went, I wore a

sundress and sandals. The biggest rookie mistake by far.

A mud mixture of spilled beer and dirt practically consumes the entirety of your foot, and you eventually will sweat and get soaked from head to toe in beer if you venture too far into the abyss of the concert crowd.

This past year, I put that lesson into practice. Boots are any Chil-ifest attendee’s best friend. Period.

Additionally, in the spirit of my elementary Girl Scout troop’s motto, “Always be prepared,” I carried just a small emergency survival pack in backpack form.

The pack contained sunscreen, bandaids, a towel, an extra shirt and a poncho — for rain or beer showers — all of which came in handy on Friday and Saturday.

However, the most critical item I brought was bottled water. While many tents come highly prepared in the booze department — some even brought U-Haul stockpiles of beer — there are very few places to find free water.

If you decide to drive to Chilifest, I would strongly sug-gest to not bring a small car, as I did — I was designated driver on Friday. The off-road dirt “path” up to the lot is a quarter-mile trek covered with snares of thick, dense brush. My parking spot was so muddy I had to have a team of four volunteers to help pull my poor little car out as the huge trucks around me glided out with ease.

Through the thick and thin, despite the several challenges one can face throughout the event, it is very possible to survive and enjoy Chilifest. Proceed next year with caution.

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RECIPE FOR SURVIVAL

The scorching springtime sun counteracted by misty showers of beer, mud so thick it sucks the boots right off your feet, flocks

of concertgoers donned in the ceremonial uniform of cutoff jeans and tees and police forces ready to write tickets are all are obstacles one faces in the epic journey of Chilifest.

Victoria Rivas is a junior international studies major and lifestyles writer for The Battalion

TEDx returned to Texas A&M on Saturday, this time with

presentations on topics ranging from the art of helping to leader-ship of a lost generation.

TEDxTAMU, hosted by MSC ALOT, is an independent event but follows a similar structure to TED Talks. The four-hour event featured six speakers and three vid-eos from previous TEDx confer-ences.

Vanessa Page, freshman physics major, said the event was an op-portunity for students and the local community to learn about a wide variety of topics, which embodies the core goal of TEDx.

Each speaker was given 18 min-utes to talk about a topic of his or

her choice. Angela Wrigglesworth, Class of 1999, talked about the concept of help, based off her own experiences dealing with the dis-ability of a wheelchair. She said the short time frame gave her time to cover the main points, but also left some ideas open for discussion at a later date.

“I think that I’m not used to giving such a condensed speech, so it’s difficult to measure,” Wriggles-worth said. “I think that obviously there’s a purpose in 18 minutes and of course I would love more time to discuss those even more lessons I’ve learned from having a disabil-ity. I loved being a part of it and it was nerve-racking going at the end, but it’s such a honor.”

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about school. My first bit of ad-

vice to any first-time Chilifestgoer would be to throw any bit of an idealistic, utopia-inspired conception out the window, bear down and pre-pare for rougher weather. First and foremost, in my past three years of attending Chilifest I have seen but one single empty pot crusted over with what I as-sume was once chili. Secondly, while you may see classmates at the event, they are probably in no mood nor mental state to talk about anything scholasti-

tions officer for TxDOT, said We-ber’s experience in the military has served as a testament to others of how he will work in his new posi-tion.

“[Weber’s] leadership in com-manding troops and working with teams around the world on infra-structure projects makes him very well qualified for this opportunity,” Kaufman said. “Obviously he’s a proven leader and he is the right person to carry on the momentum that has taken hold of TxDOT in recent years, so we’re really excited about him joining the team here.”

Kaufman said TxDOT is ready to welcome Weber, whom he said is known for his “stature and ex-perience.”

“[Hiring Weber] means that we can carry on a lot of the important work that many people have done here at TxDOT over the years to support our mission,” Kaufman said. “Our mission is to provide safe and reliable transportation solutions for Texas and I think a person like [Weber] — his experience and his understanding of the issues and his ability to connect with people — is really going to be an asset and help this agency. We think that General Weber is going to help make a great agency even better.”

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straint more than anything else. “Overall, there is a sense that

democracy is moving forward, that markets are moving forward, that freedom was on the march,” Up-degrove said. “Consequently, if we face a troubled world we could really mess it up, so let’s not dance on the wall and let’s not be over dramatic.”

In another panel, Robert Gates, CIA director during the Bush ad-ministration and former Texas A&M University president, said this restraint was exemplified by Bush’s iconic characteristic — respect. Gates said Bush showed respect toward Eastern European leaders to convince them that they too were involved in the Soviet Union’s collapse, a trait most exemplified by Bush’s tour through Europe in 1989.

Gates said the trip received little media attention at the time it took place, but its significance is now recognized as an important counter-point to the Soviet Union’s eastern European maneuvering.

“Only in retrospect did people see that an American president trav-eled to Eastern Europe in mid-July 1989 with an untarnished message of support for political freedom and national independence, he departed a few days later having boosted reform and blunted the fears of those most

threatened,” Gates said.Regarding the fall of the Berlin

Wall during Bush’s presidency, Jef-frey Engel said at the “Lunch and Historian Book Report” panel that Bush learned there were masses of people carrying pitchforks and sledgehammers by the Berlin Wall. Knowing that this scene could be-come dangerous if these masses got too excited, Bush conveyed a senti-ment that neared apathy to reporters at the time of the wall’s fall.

“He could have gotten short-term political gain for [celebrating],” En-gel said. “But yet he was willing to take the immediate short-term po-litical loss of appearing almost un-interested because of a concern that too much interest, too much celebra-tion, would cause things to unravel and have dangerous things to hap-pen. And, I think you have to have a sense of confidence about yourself that few people do in order to do that on a global stage.”

Domestically, panelists said Bush will be most remembered for the passage of the Americans with Dis-abilities Act, the Clean Air Act and fiscal legislation.

Echoing news headlines from the 1990s, Engel said the famous expres-sion, “Read my lips, no new taxes,” ultimately was Bush’s downfall as new taxes were put in place as a re-sult of budget legislation Bush signed into law.

David Obey represented a Wis-consin congressional district for 42 years and clashed with Bush on his decision to go to war with Iraq in the 1990-1991. Despite ideological differences between Obey, Bush and other members of Congress, Obey said the respect that defined the Bush administration allowed it to work with its political enemies even after disagreements over previous issues.

“[Bush] was masterful in consult-ing people who he knew disagreed so that he made everyone feel like

you were part of the process,” Obey said. “That is so crucial with any is-sue with politics. You have to feel [involved], even if you are 100 per-cent opposed to something someone is doing, you have to have the rem-nants of a relationship that can get you to the next issue, and the next and the next problem.”

Andrew Card, former White House chief of staff and former dean of the Bush School, said the event reflected Bush’s ability to turn the re-spect he gained during his term into solutions to problems others couldn’t solve.

“I’m impressed that you had prominent Democratic leaders say-ing [it was] President Bush’s willing-ness to work that made a difference,” Card said. “We don’t find that today. We are in a very partisan world right now and President Bush was a bipar-tisan leader.”

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$395 Prelease 1/1, 2/1 and 2/2.Free WiFi/water/sewer. OnNorthgate, on shuttle. Call Ma-roon & White Management979-422-5660. Pics at www.rent-maroon.com

$850 pre-lease remodeled 3/2condo, w/faux hardwood floors,upgraded fixtures, open floor-plan, full size W/D, call Maroon &White Management979-422-5660, pictures @www.rentmaroon.com

1-room and bath, kitchen privi-leges, three blocks from shuttle,contact 979-779-8174 for inter-view.

3/2 house available August 1st,$1450/mo, hardwood floors, cen-tral air, blinds and ceiling fans,large fenced yard, close toNorthgate and Old Army busroute, 936-225-0345.

FOR RENT

3/3,3/2 Houses, Townhouses&Apartments, 1250-1400sqft.Very spacious, ethernet, largekitchen, walk-in pantry &closets,extra storage, W/D, great ameni-ties, marble and granite, on mul-tiple bus routes, now pre-leasing,excellent specials. 979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

3/3 spacious duplexes off Graham,Aggie owned, 1411sqft. W/D andlawncare included, wood floors,fencedyard, $1000/mo. call ortext 713-397-3444.

3/3 townhomes, 2 miles to cam-pus. Granite, ceramic, cable &internet, shuttle. $1,350-1,440Broker/Owner (979)777-5477

3bd/3ba duplex, big backyard,close to campus, call 979-693-4900

4/3, 3/3 &3/2 Houses,Townhouses, Duplexes&Fourplexes, 1250-1700sqft. Veryspacious, ethernet, large kitchen,extra storage, W/D, greatamenities, marble and granite, onmultiple bus routes, now pre-leas-ing, excellent specials.979-694-0320.www.luxormanagement.com

4/4 University Place condo, W/D,private bath, pool, on shuttle, stu-dent community, $300/room, Call979-690-8213 or 979-422-9849.

4br/1guest br, 4.5ba, SW Parkway,like new, high ceilings, huge clos-ets, large front porch, tile floors,all appliances, many extras. pre-leasing Aug.2014, 979-229-6326,see photos atwww.TexAgRentals.com

Available Aug.-1, newer 3/3&3/3.5 at the Barracks & GatewayVillas, 817-437-9606.

Bike to campus and close to busroute! One 3/2 House and Three2/1 Duplexes. (979)799-6068.saai-svc.com/rental-propertiesfor pictures! Swikiaa@gmail.com

Bike to campus. 2/1 CS duplex,available in May/August, pets al-lowed, privacy fenced backyard,tile floors, blinds and ceiling fans,W/D connections, lawncare andpest-control included, E-Walkshuttle route, $600-650/mo,979-218-2995.

Brand new 1bd/1ba, walking dis-tance to campus, call979-693-4900

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Close To Campus! 4/2 &5/2houses, preleasing for August,great floorplans, updated, nopets 731-8257,www.BrazosValleyRentals.com

Duplex 3bd/2ba. All appliances,full-size W/D, fenced yard.Located at Rock Hollow Loop.$850/m. 469-233-4653.

Gateway VIllas. 3/3 Townhouse/$1395. Pets OK. (979)587-8200

Homes for rent for all sizes andprices, near campus, call BonavillaProperty Management for details,979-353-1265,bonavillamanagement@gmail.om

Just available! Close to campus,College Main and Eastgate areas.2bd/1ba., some w/dishwasher,1-fenced, some bills paid.$325-$450/mo. 979-219-3217.

Large 3/2/2 on bus-route, alarmsystem, June lease or sooner,$1200/mo. 1431 Magnolia Drive.214-914-4305.

Luxury condo, close to campus,brand new, granite countertops,with wood floors, contact979-693-4900

New Renovations! Large 1800sqfthouse, 4bd/2ba. 2-car garage,storage shed, eat-in-kitchen, din-ingroom, familyroom w/fireplace.Tile floors, laundryroom withW/D, 2 refrigerators, large patio,fenced yard. Lawn maintenance,pestcontrol, wireless, cable.Windwood. $375/room, 4roomsavailable Aug.2014.832-326-3215.

Northgate. Apartments 1/1,2/2,and 3/2. House 3/3.Washer/Dryer. Walk to campus.aggievillas.net Call 979-255-5648.

Now preleasing 2,3,4,5 bedroomhouses and duplexes, pet friendly,Aggielandrentals.com979-776-8984.

Pre-lease 4 and 5 bedroomhouses, available August, greatfloor plans, close to campus,updated, W/D, all appliances,no pets.www.brazosvalleyrentals.com979-731-8257.

FOR RENT

Preleasing for May, efficiencyapartment, 1bd, 2bd, 3bd,979-693-1906, great prices andamenities.

Spacious 3/2, CS duplex, W/D, pre-lease for May and august,$935/mo., 979-693-0551.

Tribeca Square Apartments, 1&2bedrooms with W/D, Prelease to-day and save $300 off move in.

HELP WANTED

Athletic men for calendars,books, etc. $100-$200/hr, upto $1000/day. No experience.aggieresponse@gmail.com

Cheddar’s and Fish Daddy’s nowaccepting applications. Applywithin, University Dr.

City of Bryan now hiring CampCounselors, Recreation Assistants,Lifeguards and Water SafetyInstructors, do not have to becertified. Apply onlinebryantxjobs.com, call(979)209-5528 for moreinformation.

Cleaning commercial buildingsat night, M-F. Call 979-823-5031for interview.

Cotton Patch, College Station979-695-9707, now hiring servers,hosts, cashiers. Apply between2-4pm at Rock Prairie Rd andHwy 6.

Dairy Queen is seeking apart-time IT Support/POS HelpDesk Technician to work in ourBryan corporate office. 20hrs/wk,$17/hr. Submit resume toalexis.alexander@smithdq.com orcall 979-220-5142.

Full-time medical technician forgrowing allergy practice wanted.4-year degree and 1-year commit-ment required. We are lookingfor an intelligent, positive,friendly person to join our team.We teach skills that are an assetfor anyone interested in a careerin healthcare and can help a can-didate get into medical school.E-mail resume todocmgr@yahoo.com

HELP WANTED

Greetings Texas A&M Seniors!Here is your chance to land agreat job and to begin a career inthe oil and gas industry! An In-dustrial products distributor forthe oil and gas industry that spe-cializes in carbon, stainless andchrome pipe, pipe fittings,flanges and valves is currentlylooking for the right candidate tojoin their inside sales group fortheir growing Houston branch.The ideal candidate must be a selfstarter who is organized, canwork with a diverse group of peo-ple, and is excited to learn. Theideal candidate would be gradu-ating in May of this year with adegree in Industrial Distributionor with a degree in Business Mar-keting, Finance or Accounting.This position is an entry level salesposition and only people that aremotivated to succeed and willingto learn our business from theground up should apply. This per-son must be proficient in Word,Excel, PowerPoint, and Lotus andalso needs excellent written andoral communication skills. Com-pany offers a compensation pack-age that includes a very competi-tive base salary, 401K plan, medi-cal, dental, and vision insurance,as well as (2) weeks paid vacationafter (6) months. Company willstart interviewing immediatelyand would like to hire this candi-date for work beginning June ofthis year. Please submit resumeto: Derek Jones atdjones@ipipes.com.

J. Cody’s hiring at all positions,apply within, 3610 S. College. Noexperience necessary just com-mon sense!

Lifeguards and Water SafetyInstructors for Briarcrest CountryClub and Castlegate Community.Fun working environment,flexible hours. To apply call254-498-5315 or emailmturner@phillipsevents.comEqual Opportunity Employer.

Local business looking for helpwith website, call 956-244-5819for more information.

MEMdata, a local hospital equip-ment management company isseeking dependable and organ-ized FULL & PART-TIME employ-ees to be part of a growing team!Must be able to work a minimumof 24 hrs/wk, M-F 8-5. Good tele-phone communication and nego-tiation skills required. Must beself-motivated and able tomulti-task while working withindeadlines. Computer skills essen-tial & knowledge of MS Excel aplus! Pay DOQ plus bonuses.Email resumes tocareers@memdata.com or fax to979-695-1954.

Needed ASAP Math tutor for Al-debra1, great rapport with highschool student, meet on dailybases from April 7th throughApril 27th, text 218-6114.

New Position: Part-time real es-tate assistant position needed forbusy real estate office. Must be adetail-oriented people personwith reliable transportation andhave reasonable computer skillsin MS Word and MS Excel. Thisstaff position requires 20-25 hoursper week with additional op-tional hours available from timeto time. Start date available im-mediately. For job description andapplication, go to:www.coventryglenrealty.comand click on Employment Oppor-tunities side bar.

Part-time job helping handi-capped. Male student preferred.$360/mo. 8-10hrs/wk.979-846-3376.

HELP WANTED

RA or entrepreneur? Wants toearn extra money? Premium en-ergy drinks distributor opportu-nity! Call 9792090778 call for anappointment.

Sitters On Call is a babysitter re-ferral agency located in Katy, TX.We are currently hiring AWE-SOME babysitters and summernannies to work in the Katy/WestHouston area. Our member fami-lies are all prescreened and ratesare all prearranged, we do all thework for you! You just provideamazing care for awesome kids!Work as much or as little as youwant, all managed from yoursmart phone. $11-$14/hr takehome! Requires 2 yrs previous ex-perience babysitting, teaching orleading kids. Visit us online atwww.MySittersOnCall.com tolearn more and to submit an ap-plication!

Stoney Creek Ranch Christiancamp, in New Ulm, TX is hiringenergetic college-aged studentswho have a love for Christ.Needed Summer and Fall 2014.Must be willing to serve, makepositive impact on others, beenthusiastic and be fully involvedin the fun-filled camp experience,and create safe and supportiveenvironment for all campers. Ifinterested, contact Pam Gray,Class of ‘85,Operations Dirctor,pam@stoneycreekranch.org,713-851-7292.

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SUMMER TRAINING FORAWARD WINNING BRYAN EM-PLOYER STARTS IN MAY...Penncro Associates, Inc. is lookingto hire Texas A&M school stu-dents and alumni for its May andJune training classes for multiplepositions at their state-of-the-artcall facility in Bryan. Penncro em-ployees receive the same trainingthat is delivered at prestigiousFortune 500 Financial Institutions.This provides a great start or nextstep for any business profession-al’s career. After full time train-ing, the team will work with youto set a full-time or part-timeschedule that fits into your Fallschool schedule and businessneeds. Apply to day throughPenncro’s Careers page atwww.penncro.com. EOE/M/F/D/V.

VOLUNTEER COACHESNEEDED! The City of College Sta-tion is seeking positive, enthusias-tic and motivational youth volley-ball and basketball coaches. Pro-grams begin early May and runthrough July. Learn more atcstx.gov/sports or apply todayat cstx.gov/sportsvolunteer

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